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Subscribe Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Class-Action Lawsuit Filed to Stop State from Knowingly Imprisoning Thousands of People Beyond Their Court-Ordered Sentences Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Department of Justice launches investigation into overdetention in Louisiana as a result of PJI lawsuit Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID Cases in Louisiana State Prisons Surpass 2,000; Double in Less than One Month Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 Louisiana DOC Reaches Grim COVID Milestone with Cases Still Climbing Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 The Promise of Justice Initiative Demands Launch of Federal Investigation into Violent, Corrupt Jefferson Davis Parish Law Enforcement Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 PJI on the Mississippi Department of Corrections Hiring of Burl Cain Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 Class Action Lawsuit Filed to Release Children from Louisiana’s Dangerous Juvenile Correctional Facilities Amidst Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 Suit Filed Against Bureaucratic Incompetence Preventing On-Time Release of Inmates Amidst Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 PJI and SPLC File Lawsuit Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State’s COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 LA Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson Provides Guidance to District Judges on How to Reduce Jail and Prison Population During Outbreak Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 PJI Files for Temporary Restraining Order Asking Court to Immediately Prevent Statewide Transfer of COVID-19 Inmates to Ill Equipped Prison Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 PJI Joins the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition Letter Urging Better Standards of Care and Release Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 PJI’s Extreme Heat Case Settles Read More Older Posts
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 2/22/21 Class-Action Lawsuit Filed to Stop State from Knowingly Imprisoning Thousands of People Beyond Their Court-Ordered Sentences Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 1/11/21 Department of Justice launches investigation into overdetention in Louisiana as a result of PJI lawsuit Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID Cases in Louisiana State Prisons Surpass 2,000; Double in Less than One Month Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 Louisiana DOC Reaches Grim COVID Milestone with Cases Still Climbing Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More
Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 The Promise of Justice Initiative Demands Launch of Federal Investigation into Violent, Corrupt Jefferson Davis Parish Law Enforcement Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 PJI on the Mississippi Department of Corrections Hiring of Burl Cain Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 Class Action Lawsuit Filed to Release Children from Louisiana’s Dangerous Juvenile Correctional Facilities Amidst Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 Suit Filed Against Bureaucratic Incompetence Preventing On-Time Release of Inmates Amidst Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 PJI and SPLC File Lawsuit Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State’s COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 LA Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson Provides Guidance to District Judges on How to Reduce Jail and Prison Population During Outbreak Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 PJI Files for Temporary Restraining Order Asking Court to Immediately Prevent Statewide Transfer of COVID-19 Inmates to Ill Equipped Prison Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 PJI Joins the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition Letter Urging Better Standards of Care and Release Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 PJI’s Extreme Heat Case Settles Read More
